The Sun. — London, England, 1808-04-07 00:00:00

NAVAL. NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Aram s.—The Brig Success, of rowey, E. COLLINS.; and the Sloop Lovely cruizer, J. CAMEL, both from Cork, laden with proviiions, the former bound to London, the latter forlhis Port, are both driven on shore in a violent gaktof. wind: at. S.W. in Whitsand Bay, and near the . Itamellead, a few miles to the westward of this Peru the Success is bilged, and the casks of provisions are washing out of her hold ; the Lovely Cruizer , is beat to pieces, and very little of her cargo saved : the Crews of both Vessels reached the shore in safety. The Swallow Sloop of War returned here this morning, owing - to •the violence of the gale ; the, Orestes Sloop of War, with a Fled of Viituallers under convoy, laden with provisions for, Sir C. Co Trot Fleet, put back from the same cause. ;,- Arrived therChterley Gun-brig from the:Cliannel Fleet; the latter ) consisting of five; Sail of the line, arrived in Toqbay, yesterday. Arrived the Cuckoo Schooner from a cruize off Rochefort) also 'the Therese and La Noire Dante, rrench Chasse Marees, L'ittrislides Schooner, and La Ceres Sloop, laden with wine, brandy, and corn, fiur of thosetaken In the Bay by the Diana Frigate. ANOTHER LITTER SAME 'DATE. t'attein the Cheerly 'Gtin-hrig, from the west. ward, and from L'Orienr, the 'Cuckoo Scho6ner.;.— She brings an account that the Aigle , 44, 'Captain *Voisz, on 'her station offithe Port of L'Orietu, the night of the 26th Inst. fell in with atid brought to aaion,. in the most gallant. Style, Freimh } l egates of 44 guns, and after a hard fat ght battle obliged them IO sheer off, - leaving t hie.;/kle triteh cut up in her masts and rigging. We are sorry to state that one Man was : killed, and 'Capt. W, aricl Seven nun wounded. The ti'robeh . Frigates; it is said, got into L'Orientu 6 . rOIiTSSIOUTH, APRIL 6.—Arrivoci 'this deiy the 'tra): Schooner, Lieut. Aluat, with Dispatches, from Bermuda. The Vessels mentioned - yesterday, as being ashore• hear Stokesbay, are got off, except the George, Wurri:, and it is much feared she will be cOnOtr. ably damaged. •-• • • The Good Intent, after losing , h'er Windlass, was Obliged to cut her cabks, and rtnvinto harbour. The Prince se, .11.trii-, for Maita, al4o corueluto harbour this moroini, Svith ttarnago; Covers Arum 6.—Last evening. arrived here the 'Portuguese Brig the Nostra Signora - lea 472gustins, with -a cargo or fruit, frogs St. bitchaerNitootrd fur London.. I am just informel that anotljer Sldcip ieon.)hore at the back of the, Island, loaded with barley - , but I cannot learn her name or any other particulars. - The wind is now moderate though it still blows hard at south-Niest. . DEAL, Anil, 6.---'r ht; Chittliens& Sinop his inn. into the Downs through stress of weather. • The American. Ship Mercury, of NeW , York, J. W. ilocEas, Master,/ with wine and *Willa, from Tenerife; was yesterday, in a most tremendous gale of wind, alter having lost her rudder, drove on shore on the Goodwin Sand ; .but through the great exertion of a Boat's crew from hence, was happily tescued from the fate • which apparently attended Them.---Many of the 'Ships In the DoWns hare lost their ancluiri and tablet. EI3INBLIAGII, APRIL 4.--On Sattirjaji evening arrived in Leith Roads the . Riggdove Sloop of Mar, with a Danish Privateer Brig, of 10,gunsnitd (30 men, which 'Ore captured near the coast of Nor way ,without any re.iirt,•,nr.:e. Tho . Privateer is re potted to hare been. proceeding on a craize-, after escorting into port f.ye. I'lizes she bad taken. t:.--;:t.;:tme down from Long Reach ; tent proeoeded for t4e'Downs, the 'Trident, t; , t, gun 3. .nut 3.—Avrivett bis Sloop Kite, Capt. JAMiii, troni tito North St.a. I.'be /rieLry Avai this ({ay paid bounty and act . - vance.- APRIL 4.—Arrived the Deptford Tender, Lieut. s.A.tainot, with ten Flat-bottoined Boats in tow, Which 411 broke adrift in the blowing weather which has lately prevailed here. The . following Letter Wll4 ' posted up at- Lloyd's yesterday. Its contents are singular, and it is possi ble also that the'Whole may. Originate in a Mistake.. next arrivals will, we hope, announce the ar rival of the 'CPIIVOV ':••••• AstxtovA,. 1 7 3. 4.--Since Sunday morning 1a t, four of our London Fleet have arived at ditre sent ti.nes; the PriPtce George, FIZZY ; dugusta, DiusDALE ; Lord Barham, PAwLus ; and a store ship. The reports. brought by these Vessels,. concerning the remainder of the Fleet, have occasipued very serious apprehensions for its 'gaiety. They sailed from the Mot her Bank the igth . of. De ember, under convoy of the flstree Frigate Ainl two Sloops of Wit*, and were overtaken by a aieryisevetts: gale in the Bar of , Biscay, which, ..toge,Oter ,, With other . causes,..eftoed an alinost general dispersion of the Fleet by the btgittuilfg of last month. - On the .v.stli Of Dec.. the.ruajor.part of the Fleet . continued compady, but vi tout thitir Commodore, whom they . losf-Bttriug the preceding night ; and at 3 P. M. tistrange Man Of War, of 64, guns, bore dtmn into the midst of the Squadron, and remained with them Untiklieutst. .It was observed on The: 29th; that this intruder made no signals, although he inid dis-tr ing the night carried lights, .fur the direiaion of the convoy. On the following:day, however, having, it is supposed, boarded some vessel in the night,`and - got. possession of her instrutStions, be threw out. many 'signals, and at length, Ater dark, ordered the Convoy to close around him. Next morn id% the Masters of some of the more distant Ves sels; observing a very frequent intercourse by boats among thosanearest.to the Man of War, and calling to mind his unaccountable entrance into the Fleet, and subsequent .suspicious conduct, deterriained to make their escape, which they did with all the sail they could carry. The stranger, from .her mantuv ring, was generally supposed to be a Russian." POETRY. The folltrding passage from Mr. WALTER gcoTt's last Poem, in honour . of the late D u k e o f Bittis- WICK, will be read with melancholy 'pleasure by every liberal' mind. It is taken from 'theintrodue tion to the,Third Canto of MAI6IIOII, addressed to W3l. Eitswitn, Esti: who is supposed , to desire the Author to employ his muse on lirotlrit atibje&t. 'Ur deein'st thou not our later tithe Yieldi topic meet fur cLissie Aurae ? Hast tiroti'no elegiac verse . . For Brunswick's Ycherable hearse What not a line, a tear, a sigh, When valourbicects for Liberty ? _ Oh, Hero of that glorious time, When with untivali'd light sublime— • Though martial Austria, and though all The might of Ituo,a„,and the Gaul, Though banded Europe stood her foes—. The Star of Brandenburgh arose l• Thou coutd'at not live to see her beam Vor ever querich'd in data's stream. Lamented Chief ! —it .vas not given To thee to change the doom of Heaven, Artil'cl•trsittirat dragon in its birth, Predestined scetirgi.:pf giiilty earth. Larrientd Chief l -...noithtts: the power To save in that presumptuous hOur,.. When L'russia hurried to the field, fAhrt 'snatch% the spear, but left the shield : . Valouraud skill 'twas thing to try, 'And:tried in Vain, 'twas thine to die. 111 had it,Seetn'tl thy silver hair, The last, the bitterest pang to share, For princedoms *reft,and acutcheons riven, And birthrights to UsUrpers given; . Thy Land's, thy Childrens' wrongs to feel, Arid witness woes thou Cetikl'st not heal • On thee 'relenting Heaven bestows For honour'd life an honotird clout; And when revolves, in Time's sureschange, The hour of Germany's revenge— When, breathing fury for her sake, Santo new Atmlnius shall awake, * Iler champion, erc he strike, shall conic To what his - sword on Brunswick's Tomb. A .Board was held at the Admiralty this morning for the admission of. invalided seamen and marines into Greenwich Hospital. Admiral KEATS left town yesterday for Deal, to join his Ship, the Mars, in the Downs. Yesterday, 'soon after.one o'clock ; her MAJESTY, accompanied by the Prince of WALes, .went in her carriage to Wamick-house, the residence of the Princess CIiARLPTTE of WALES, in consequenett of her Royal Highness 'being indisposed with the measles. The. Putt:cuss.. came soon after with the Duke of CLARENcE, Princesses AUGUSTA, MARY, and Sopur.s., The Royal Party partook of some refreshment: , We are happy to say her Royal Hightess.is in'a fair way of recovery. • The funeral of the late Sir H. GRIM will take place on Saturday morning. His remains are to be deposited in the flintily vault at Howick, in North umberland. 1 ' IND/ A Hours.--. Yesterday a r. 01,1 11 of Dire6lors was held, when Capt. JOHN ECICEORD, of the Ship Lady Jane Dancing, took leave of the Court, pre vious to departing for Madras and Bengal. Capt. GEORGE FI.EM (NG was /morn into the command:of the Earl Omer, consigned to Madras and Bengal. The Cuurt adjourned at six o'clock till this day. ANCIENT CoNcitter.—The ninth performance of this excellent Coneert took plaCe last night, under the dire Lion of the Earl of. DARTMOUTH, whose taste and experience in music are well known. A Morn ing Paper says, that "Mr. GO EATOREX made many judicious alterations." fist), Mr: GREATOREIt, and not his Lordship, was.the dieeEtor last night. FiAlt• alsoN, in the opening of the Messiah, displayed all his usual judgment and expression. Mrs. Bt t.ING•• TON, volio is now, in spite of the caprices of fashion, the first singer in Europe, acqu►tted herself with her usual exoelleuce in two Italian airs, as well as in her pert of the Madrigal composed by Dr. HUTCH* I N SON. The Dukes of CUMBERLAND, CAMBRIDGE, and a `very numerous train Of the higher orders, were present. - BRA HAM has supplied most of the music for Mr. CUMBERLAND'S new Drama. It is said to be quite of a, popular chamaer, and well adapted to the sen timents. STORACE, it is saki, itelually retires from public life at the end of the present season. Report says that she has realized not less than 40,0001. Mr. WATERS, in his account of the affairs of the Opera' House, has certainly shewn that he has had a very unnyanagealk ?nanager to deal with ; but he has so clearly shewn also, that it has been a losing concern for souie years, that,' independently of the tribe of foreigners whom it harbours, and who may be considered as very dangerous visitors in ,these critical times, it is to be regretted that some decisive measures are not taken to discourage such au exta : blishment altogether, - and to•support our bwn na ; tionil drama, rather than a fantastic outrage of taste and nature. Tuesday a conger-eel was taken in the Wash at Yarmouth, by a fisherman, which Measured six feet in -length, and tw e n ty - two inches in girth, and. weighed three stone -seven pounds. This eel, on finding no way for .escape,- lose ereet : and aaually 'mocked the fisherman down before he could take it. EAST'IiVDI4 LN.7:ELLIGE 4 ai. Ordination of the byezlition, which, accotd og to Ow last accounts from India, sailed &mit Ma dras on the I 1 lb Ociober, under the direction of Sir EnwAan PELLEW,.iS now understood to be Ba tavia. .F.R.0741 THE . MADRASCOURIPR, OCT. 21, ,1807: We learn that His Majesty's Frigate (.;ey/tound, Capt. TuovactpuE, had arrived at the Isle of France with a Flag of Truce, to inquire after the fate of ;he Blenheim and Java ; that his flag had been respeeted by General DE Crux, who, unable tp afford him any other intelligence f these Ships, save that ge neral repOrt - stated them to have foUndered otf dagaScar, save him an Order, addressed to till the Subjeas of the French Government; direaing them to impart to Capt. TROVOIDGE all they tniolif 'know concerning the Vei , iels, and to ailbrd hitit every facility during the continuance of his cruize in search of his father. 'Extrac't 'of a Letter from Capt. GEORGE BELL, cornmanding his Majesty's Sop Vielor, to Rear- Admiral Sir- EnwAitD PELLEW, Bart. Con tuander- . in-Chief of Ilia Majesty's Squadron in the 'East lii dies, dated Port 'Cornwallis, Prince of WaleS 22d May, , : "Your 'Excellency has undoubtedly ere now re ceived one of 'my letters, respe6ting the capture cf four Brigsbut of Batavia Roads. " Orcheriboa (a little to the eastward of Batavia), on the .16th of April, we chased, and brought to, three Prow's, tinder Dutch colours ; at five P.M. an its falling ant, anchored, out boats, andlsent theM armed fa bring the Prows alongside; two were brought to the larboard the other' bun.- on the quarter; gOt the prisoners out of the two 'ongside (amounting to near 1'20) and placed a strong guard over them, under the dire4ton of Eient,,W . h,siy,ss - ,. 'as I intended 'sending them away after overhauling their cargties. " Lieut. Pa KsoN ' s had been on board t lie•ProW on the quarter, but returnedivith his people, on finding it n praffieable to get the crew from bel'o'w. I instantly ordered her to be hauled close up under the quarter, tired a carronade, into her, anti musquetry, which they returned by throwing spears, , atid tiring piStolS, ; got a gun out of the stern ports and tired into • her the sparks of which most Unfortunately reached some powder (which must have: been carelessly linded out of some of the Prows) Alai, acid blew ibe after-part of the Ship up :at this alarming trio ineni., :the guard over the prisoners 'dropped their . • arths and ran to extinguish the fire. " The prisoners instantly seized their arms, and picked up several spears and knives which had been thoWn on board, - and attacked the Ship; 'by, this tin:e (3 P.M.) the tire, most providentially, .by - great exertion of Officers anti men, was ant under, iirows cut adrift, and the attention of all hands directed to the deleuce of the Ship, which was ad mirably performed; for, in little more thsu . half an hour, eighty of them lay dead in a most Mangled state, the rest driven overboard ; but sorry am I to add, not Without severOloss on Our side, including those blown Overboard, and those who .haVe since died of their wounda, a list of which I herewith in close fin. your Excellency's satisfaffton. Amongst the killed is Lieilt. BLAXTON ) who had a spear run - through him, accompanying me in the waste---fie died most gallantly." A List oldie Killed and Wounded on the istYi orApril, 007. Killed—Mr, H. Ilia:um, Lieutenant, and five sown. Wounded—Captain G. Ball ; .Thomas Coulther4gunner; r Sergeant of Nlannes, t Private ditto, as $9 Mtn. SeriCarit Of Marincs, and seamen since dead of i heir wounds. (A 't rue Extrael.) EDW. HAWKS LOCKER, Sec. to his Excellency. That arSlive and successful depredator on English 'commerce, Stritcouvr, has announced his return to the Bay of Bengal, by the Capture of two' large ' valuable 'hips, both belonging I'6 the port of Cal ' cutta.. The Muzigies and Tryizigar were .on their passage from Bengal to Madras, with cargoes of rice, an article of the utrnolt valve to the captors, as the latest accounts from the Mauritius give a dismal plc tare of the sufferings of the island from the etleas of fsmine, and particularly frotn the scarcity ofgrain. The Ship' 'and cargo cif. the 'Mangles are insured at Calctitta - amoent of two lacks of rupees; the Triiftligur nearly' 10 the same extent. The ecnn, menders, ona or two of the .otiicers,, and a part of the cres , alhe prizes, were detained by SURCOLIFP. After the capture of the above Ships, Smcotirr madesail to the Southward; in company with the prizes. All the Lascars were taken oat of the two prizes, and transferred to the Privateer ; the Seacini nici were left on. board, and a few Frenchmen shipped in each vessel. EITRACT 'OP A LETTER Faoht VIZAGAPAI'Ai4) BTH OCT&lftlt i 1807. "A bark hovered oil' here all this day, tnade• sail towards the road, brought to, fired two goni ' and sent a boat on altr,re proved to be the 13artiu Hunter, taken off here by the itavenent, Captain' Suacouvv, on the 6th instant ; he gave her up, say- ing she was not worth sending to the Island. The Officer reported he had taken the Athniral . Itfangles, Susanna, Trafalgar, and . anothe r , name forgot, and was, on the 6th, in ehaker of - another vessel going to the Sand Heads. He said he was in no fear of any of our Frigates taking him but the Caroline. " Su►Rcovn', who is tisk brotherof Um - one former, ly in these seas, behaved with thn greatest kindness to his 'prisoners, having given thent up every thing, except their swords : he took therr parole, and - Lieut. MACKIINZIE and Ma.cDoNmair have singe arrived at Madras:* EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CALINGAPATAM, ' DATED 77nt OCTOBER, 1807. :.„ it We beg leave to inform you, that we are in the !toads,' having been put on board the Paiia, just ar rived, by Captain Errotst, of the Frucli Frigate Piedmont ese, yesterday at 10 A.M. We•euclose you a list of the Vessels captured by - that Ship, and the names of the Commanders, and request you will have the goodness to send boats for us*. The Pie47tantese was it) sight from us this morning, bear- * One n at i ve vesse l, na med the Calcutta ; Caroline, Capt. Egltleston sactli, lleatlerion ; Maria, lames (died on board the frigate, on the 29th of Supternocr); Eliza, Spokes ; thinYt Math, i a l incsbarsh, Winter; and liishlAnd senior, hlakepeace„ hag about N. E. by N. ; we further beg leave to infordyonviitice we were captured by her, she has been eruiaing between the: . .ist. N. 17 and N. i is, 3G, and was three days close in with Viz.tgapatam,. And captured a Danish Ship off that port, near enough tri haVe been seeln by those on - shore; the Frigate had English 'colours tying at the time, and captured all Ships excepting the Way under that flag, • The' Pie dmentese is a Frigate of the largest dimensions, although she has the appearance of a Vessel of much less force : she seldom or ever spews French colours ; she is painted with a broai yellow streak, fore and aft galleries, and head rails; ports not distinguishable, and has' a long narrow re d vane at the main ; she has top-gallant cross:-treis, but no sliding sky-sail masts ; a white woman-head, and rather : she- has no open gangways, but tilled up fore and aft •• her top-gallant sails are very square, and not Lunch particularly her mizen one --- On leaving the Isle-s 0 France she had 400 men; but, from manning the different prizes, she has now ' shout 220, exclusive of the Portuguese take:: froth the different Ships, :that have entered or had .been pressed into the service. From what we observed, we think Khe does not sail well before the ~vivid, but, closeshauled, uncommonly fast. It is likewise our opinion, from their having a knowledgebf the 'tow. erful, And other Cruizers belng off Ceylon, they will make their passage back to. the Isle of France by the-astern side of .the Bay. There is like-wke a Pri- ' vateer, cotrimanded by 4tiat, - rov.vv, now in the Bay, that is reported to sail uncommonly fast. We have communicated every circumstance we are in posses sion of, with the, hgpethat it may prove service:. able. We have 'lNteWise understood that tt . vti gates' are expcaed at the Isle of Franpe., of dimensions to the Pier/mon:l.le, called L'itatiOne . and Li Sult a n ,", • ; , . _ . • • ' . Passenizers per Marchioness of Exeter- , Misses it. es IN . .M . id! li . . Rogers; Fl.irringtOfis,'and Sinith;;Mr: Muston, Mr. Hamm. Passengers per United kingdom— Lieut. Geh. Sit i .. Crei, dock, Lady alai Miss Craddock, Lieut.-Col. Reynell ; Major MuntAleinbert, ctli,Reginient„ Lieut. St. George, 2.id I)r.i. Koons;..Lieut.- 'cdonel Campbell, 7 4 th Regiment; Mr. A. f ackenzie, - se . Merchant ; Mr. and Mrs. Fitigetald :Ina family; Ca ptailWezmpbell , Lai:l,4.44mm, and .Stiq titers ; .Eitsign Alexander, Mi% Lemon, Lieutenant F. Campbell, Ensign Cresswell, Mrs. Bratt. Passengers per Do*er Castia—Lient, Cie*, tiettt. mar. tin Sayer, sid Reginient, Lieut: M'lnnes, , aid Regiment, Mrs. and Nis! tones, Mr. C. Smith, Mrs, (ones, Mr. Sayer, Lieut.-C:ol°nel% Webber and Forbes, Major, Mrs. and Miss • WAker, isdr, ard 'Mrs. Best arid Sett, Mr. Cochrane, jun. Merchant, Mt. Reed, Lieut. Gouldirtgoind Passenger., per Lard eerie. Mr. I.o4:kier, Lieut. Fraier, Mr. Levitt, arid Liettt. Cooke, !test. Merit. Accounts from Bengal state, that Nforsitet MouLoArez NI kit P,BPOCIL ALES proceeding to England IGT tht purpafillOf 113Stri7taing the StUdents at Hertford CoUrge in tiw Persian ana Hindoostaneei languages. Hoes in the extra Ship Unio, NlintiAS, %JCT. t7.—Mrs. ,CASAMAJOR gave a splended ball to Lady Tusonpsri (HADDOCK, Vit.lll4 to her departure from India, to which (Mutest an unprecedented thing at Madras) masks were ad mined., The best anglers appear to have been supported by the H0n..4311.Vit Cowl and ,Mr. Jotter WALLACE. The former as a Tailor', the latter as Lord Grizzle. A subscription ball and supper was also given to Lady T. CRADDOCK, in which the taste of the Re clement of Madras appears to have been particularly manifested. A splendid farewell dinner bad been given to Ma jor• General DuoAtsi CAMPBELL. Upwards of 300 persons were present. The followjng is an Extra& of a Letter from on baud Ifle Eliza, Capt. STEPIitiNSON, one of the Fleet,of 112 Sail* .which left Cork on the 17th of January, under convoy of the lirosar and Moselle (the Dryatie to tiecoroplay then) to the S ou th wa rd of Madeirai,,tlated from Off the'Des..lter," Ma deira, hearing N: E. 7, or 8 leagues I am sorry to inform you that ouotArei and most of the Fleet were dikpi.tried on the night: of the 21st, in a very beavy gale." Oil tit;tt IN Cout4ott..-The following paragraph is from the Cork Adoertiger of Thursday last :—" It was with cowiderahle surprise we perused, in the repOrt of the Parlininentary proceedings on last Wed- . statement, that Colonel . LONGPLELD pre septea a petiti o n t,, the House of Commons, frcm the Merchants of Cork, against the Orders in Conn.; eil, praying' lc) be heard by Counsel: Upon inquiry 'we round that we were'not singular in that emotion, as the rn( ! st numerous and resPe6table part of the mercantile body in this city had received the tint intimaliOntof 'such . a Petition through the medium of the London Papers." • • - A qtriOng, instance of the Portuguese hatred to. wards the French occurred a short time since As Generol was passing by one of the squares in Lisbon; in the Prince's carrioge, - a Portuguese took „tflth hat.. The populace observing it, their ;milk nation was roused, and the man seized by some of them, and so roughly handkid, that he died soon after. . • AINT ExTßAtianzsAßi einovmsvorcn.-Tuesclay, at noon, during the' high wind, part of thelead from the roof of Mr.,Wilkinson's house on Lud gate-hill, upwards of 2001 n. was blown off, and in its progress took kvith it the coping stones from Mr. Reeves, adjoining, into the street, and, notwithstand ing the thoroughfne is so great, most providentially no injury was done to any person passing by. A very eharming,song, called Eriglanes B(mevu lence, lately published, theewerds by Mr. PRATT, are highly corpplimeptary tb this Nation, 'and the Moo sic does infinite credit to the Composer, who. has sung it at several fashionable parties, whe:e it w s, enthusiastically applauded. It is the producltion of the elegant and tasteful Composer of the Battle off Trafalgar, and is; in fad, the best Piece Mr. WA -r•, LEN has given the Public since that inimitable per. formance. The annals of adventure never produced such a weight of interest, from one dayes clrawing of L.A. tery, as the City Scheme will exemplify on the ttith of this month. •Freehold Muses, to the aggregate worth of above , tbmool. will then stand at issue. Let the humense value of these numerous mansions be compared with the little Makes risked fur their obtainment, and the inducement to adveature may be pronounced unparalleled.